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NASB | Exodus 12:23 "For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 12:23 "For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel [above the entry way] and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you. |
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Yes, don't you? Then why did you ask if it was a parable? Job 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. Job 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? NEWTON: For Newton, therefore, demons were figures for disordered psychotic states. The cases of demon possession in the Synoptic Gospels do not describe the activity of literal devils, but instead reflect the (mistaken) beliefs of first-century Jews. Newton goes on to say that to beleive that men or weomen can really divine, charm, inchant, bewitch or converse with spirits is a superstition of the same nature wth beleiving that the idols of the gentiles were not vanities but had spirits really seated in them. Newton laid the blame for the rise of the pagan doctrines about demons in the Church at the door of his ecclesiastical nemesis Athanasius. Later than Muggleton, but earlier than Bekker, Newton came to the same conclusion as both of them that the devil in Scripture was never the supernatural evil being of orthodox theology, and that all temptation comes from the lust of the heart: The logical corollary to Newton views on evil spirits is that those who claim to be tempted by a personal devil are deluded and provoked by their own fleshly imagination. Newton paradoxical questions concerning Athanasius,an important manuscript held at the Clark Library dating from the early 1690s, makes this clear. The evil then, is a symbol of lust and an vivid hypostatization of idolatry in aggregate. Stephen Snobelen, Lust, Pride, And Ambition: Isaac Newton And The Devil pages 7, 8,9,10,11,12 November 2002 Early Bible fundamentalist Unitarians and Dissenters like Lardner, Mead, Farmer, Ashdowne and Simpson, and Epps taught that the miraculous healings of the Bible were real, but that the devil was an allegory, and demons just the medical language of the day. Much of the popular history of the Devil is not biblical; instead, it is a post-medieval Christian reading of the scriptures influenced by medieval and pre-medieval Christian popular mythology. 1. Originally, only the epithet of "the satan" ("the adversary") was used to denote the character in the Hebrew deity's court that later became known as "the Devil." (The term "satan" was also used to designate human enemies of the Hebrews that Yahweh raised against them.) The article was lost and this title became a proper name: Satan. There is no unambiguous reference to the Devil in the Torah, the Prophets, or the Writings. 2. T. J. Wray, Gregory Mobley The birth of Satan pp.66-68 3. has been erroneously interpreted by some to mean Satan, "the Devil", but such is not the case. The Hebrew Bible views ha-satan as an angel ministering to the desires of God, acting as Chief Prosecutor. Carus P. History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil Ashdowne, AN INQUIRY INTO THE Scripture Meaning of the Word SATAN, AND ITS SYNONIMOUS TERMS, The DEVIL, or the ADVERSARY, and the WICKED-ONE page 40, 1794 Burke, J. Christianity in the Witch Hunt Era, 2008 |
Bible Answer: Hello Herman: I have read a good number of your post's. There is no doubt you are well educated, and must have an extensive library along with a great ability for recalling a lot. I would say you have the ability to debate that challenges, and sharpens most that come up against you. I would guess you may have a PHD. Your command of English sure puts me to shame anyway, but so do a lot of others. I believe the book of JOB as recorded is an accurate account of real events. I believe the Bible to be true, every bit. I don't consider myself to be an expert on any one book of the Bible, but I do study it and learn from it all the time. There are some issues that are well worth while standing firm and digging in for all it's worth, and even going to the wall over. There are areas that are debatable, and both sides of the issue have great points and either side could be right. But those subjets are no reason for disfellowship betweeen each other. However, even in areas of disagreement there is no acceptable reason to be high and mighty. I believe this forum is often read by a lot of people just looking about. The way the Study Bible Forum presents its post's either encourages people to ask a question, or gets turned off by what they think is endless debate and unkind words. That's not to say debating is bad. But there is a tone or way we say words that gives a strong negative feeling, or a or positive welcome. John 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." NASB. I will nor speak for anyone else. However, I will give you my opinion. You come across like you are a expert and only your remarks are vaild. This is not a place for competition or that anyone knows it all. For a very long time kindness, respect, and Christian love has been what the Study Bible Forum participant's have tried to illuminate. I sincerely welcome you to the Study Bible Forum. Your eagerness to join in is a challenge and all of us need learn from one another. Blessings. justme |